Some news that’s surfacing slowly is Iran’s new bluster on refining higher grade uranium. Russia and Israel seem to be talking the same language, while China still isn’t willing to sign on to harsh sanctions, something SecDef Gates is promising will come sooner rather than later. Even as it will take some time to reconfigure [...] [...more]
What do you know. Ezra Klein finally gets it. Better late than never, though as long as it took it’s not very impressive. On Sunday, John Boehner and Mitch McConnell responded to Barack Obama’s summit invitation by demanding Obama scrap the health-care reform bill entirely. This is the context for that demand. What they want isn’t [...] [...more]
The New York Times picks up on Obama’s interview with Katie Couric: Watch CBS News Videos Online “I want to come back and have a large meeting, Republicans and Democrats, to go through systematically all the best ideas that are out there and move it forward,” Mr. Obama said in the interview from the White House Library. Mr. [...] [...more]
Stefan Sirucek of Huffington Post broke this story. “Energy.” “Budget [crossed out] (Cuts).” “Tax.” “Lift American spirits.” If Sarah Palin thought she needed notes there is no reason or excuse for not simply bringing them. The junior high school action of writing things on your hand you want to remember is so fundamentally embarrassing for an adult to do that [...] [...more]
Today began “State of the Union” with Candy Crowley, with one of her guests Sect. Hillary Rodham Clinton. I’ll add a big note of praise to the political gods and CNN for Ms. Crowley, the first woman ever to anchor an important Sunday news show. Talk about paying your dues. Christiane Amanpour does foreign policy and [...] [...more]
It was Sarah Palin’s night. After a day when the “birthers” took a lot of heat from the Tea Partiers. Breitbart sounding beyond himself. “I was talking to her,” said Breitbart. “She was asking me if I thought it was was to bring it up, and I said, no. We have a lot of strong arguments [...] [...more]
–updated– Without leaving home, Sarah Palin will be able to reach much of her political base, courtesy of a soon-to-be-built television studio in her living room paid for by her newest media patron, Fox News. From her house in Wasilla, Alaska, Ms. Palin also sends missives to 1.3 million Facebook “fans,” writes newspaper columns, Tweets and [...] [...more]
music compliments of WB MSNBC headline: Palin e-mails reveal a powerful ‘first dude’. With the Tea Party convention in full swing this weekend, and the Beltway snowed in, can there be any doubt Fox News channel will get plenty of eyes Saturday night? However, the laugh out loud of the week is the rambling exhale in the [...] [...more]
Here’s the beginning of Shelby’s statement, with the rest at TPM: Sen. Shelby has placed holds on several pending nominees due to unaddressed national security concerns. … Everything else is just defensive posturing to back up the unprecedented Republican stall by Shelby’s blanket hold, pretty much a Senate first. The move freezes everything in place on Obama’s [...] [...more]
There’s been a ridiculous back and forth going on that started with Rahm Emanuel calling the liberal activist strategy on health care “f-ing retarded.” This ticked off Sarah Palin, who evidently thinks her cute son Trig is either a liberal, an activist or somehow involved in the health care debate. Then of course, Rush, [...] [...more]
–bumped– via TPM Obama makes a joke at his own expense today at the annual prayer breakfast, but as you can see in the video, his laugh isn’t full, but instead an afterthought, because the President knows all too well the dangers underlying the subtext of his material. Republican Rep. Mark Kirk won the Illinois primary in a [...] [...more]
I’m a huge supporter of women. What I’m not is a supporter of liberalism. Feminism is what I oppose. Feminism has led women astray. I love the women’s movement especially when I’m walking behind it. – Rush Limbaugh Via Media Matters Isn’t he just charming? He loves women, just not liberalism. But thinks feminism has “led women [...] [...more]
–updated– This photo came via email. As you all know, I have a different opinion on this one, but thought you’d appreciate it. The floor is open tonight. Favorite of mine today comes from Dana Milbank, surprisingly: Mullen deserves medal for Senate testimony backing open military service by gays. I’ll second that. Mike Mullen’s 42 years in the [...] [...more]
So, to crunch the numbers, GOP primary turnout is up 11% over 2004. Democratic turnout has dropped 29%. If the Democrats let health care reform die, they’ll be looking at a turnout cataclysm. – Jonathan Chait I have been writing about Obama’s empathy and connection gap for years. As president, it’s gotten worse, morphing into [...] [...more]
Palin’s op-ed today comes complete with links to her Twitter and Facebook page. Not that she’s recruiting supporters for 2012 or anything. She defends herself, but also makes the broader case for the Tea Party movement, which others have mentioned as well. That having started out as crazy “death panel” “birthers,” the movement has picked [...] [...more]
